Man accused of killing his mother is indicted

October 27, 2006

ROLLING MEADOWS — A Park Ridge man accused of throwing his mother over a railing in her suburban assisted-living unit has been indicted on murder and other charges, prosecutors announced Thursday at a hearing in the Rolling Meadows branch of Cook County Circuit Court.

Wayne Weinke Jr., 50, of the 600 block of Broadway Avenue, has been held without bail since the charges were upgraded to murder after the death this month of his mother, Gloria Weinke, 77.

He had been charged with attempted murder in July after his mother was found injured at The Moorings, in Arlington Heights.

Gloria Weinke told authorities on videotape that her son threw her over a balcony railing after they had quarreled over her late husband's will, authorities said.